Michael O'Neill: I don't want the Scotland job

The Northern Ireland boss has been touted as a potential replacement for his old Coventry boss, who is under pressure after a poor World Cup qualifying campaign so far.

But asked whether Northern Ireland fans should be worried about losing their own manager O’Neill said: “No, I don’t think so.

“First of all, there’s someone in that job who I have a huge amount of respect for, who is a manger I played under.

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Gordon Strachan is under pressure at Scotland

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“No, I don’t think so”

Michael O'Neill's response when asked about the Scotland job

“It’s probably the fact I live in Scotland is a bigger driving factor of that than anything else. I haven’t given a second thought to that at all. I’d rather not give a comment on that situation at the minute.”

O’Neill took his side to the last-16 at this summer’s European Championships and they are currently second in their World Cup qualifying group behind Germany.

They face Croatia in a friendly tonight looking to extend their unbeaten run at home to 11 games.

Goalkeeper Roy Carroll, 39, has been drafted in as cover for Alan Mannus due to injuries to Michael McGovern and Trevor Carson.